How to Waste a Trillion Dollars

"The F-35 was not built to protect the United States. It was built to protect “American interests,” or in other words, take and hold what belongs to others. This includes operations like those against Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and possibly in the near future, Syria, Iran, and beyond – wars all admittedly fought to advance corporate-financier and geopolitical interests, not for self-defense. The total estimated costs of America’s last 3 imperial adventures include 3.7 trillion dollars for the invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, and around 900 million for the bombardment of Libya, not counting the cost of 30 years of covert operations to instigate the violence that finally led to military intervention."